So no-one appears to have heard much and some people thought it was a movie set. Probably closer to the truth than they imagined. Our steady diet of fear is increasing as we've had helicopters buzzing round for the last couple of hours accompanied by police sirens.

Police disabled a car bomb in central London which was found to be loaded with nails and petrol. People living and working nearby have described the scene.
Officers carried out a controlled explosion after reports of a suspicious vehicle parked in Haymarket shortly before 0200 BST.

The area was cordoned off as forensic experts examined what they described as a "potentially viable explosive device".

Local resident Angela Coster, who lives in Haymarket, told the BBC she found out about the bomb from television news.

"We're in a residential block in Haymarket - it seems strange that there's 18 flats in the block and not one person was woken up. It's kind of off-putting in a way," she said.

People are just having a look and obviously wanting to know how they can get to where they're going

Sonja Bakkes

Ms Coster said a police officer could not tell her whether she would be able to return home after work.

"He had no idea whether we'd be able to get back in or not... if the blue tarp is still there I don't think I'll feel very safe," she said.

Another eye-witness Sonja Bakkes said that most people in the area seemed "very blasé" about the situation.

"People are just having a look and obviously wanting to know how they can get to where they're going but everyone's very calm. No one's overly excited.

"Everyone's going to work as usual... I don't think people really know what's going on."

'Movie set'

Alexander Aragon, who lives 100m from Tiger Tiger nightclub, where the suspicious car was found, decided to stay home after police told him that if he left his building he may not be allowed to return.

"Everything's dead quiet," he told the BBC News website. "The best way to describe it, like my wife said, is it's like the movie 28 Days Later." "

He said police were patrolling the area, but by midday they had removed one of the cordons near his block.

Yoo Na Lee, a tourist from Korea, was at the site with her boyfriend and was taking pictures of what she believed was a movie set.

"We thought a Hollywood star was here and it was a movie scene," she said. "We did not know it was the news."

Anxious

Local resident Alan Bassett said that police had surrounded every exit to his apartment building as he left for work in the morning.

"No-one attempted to evacuate us out of the flat as far as I'm aware. They're very anxious not to let me go back into my flat now," he said.

"If I hadn't put the BBC on this morning I'd have had no idea what was going on at all."

Robert Hoadley, who manages many of the landmark buildings in the area - including The Trocadero, London Pavilion and Lillywhite's - told the BBC the bomb was found at a busy time of day in that part of town.

"This time of the morning you've got a lot of bus routes going down past there, I think the number 38 bus - one of the main bus routes into Victoria goes past there - so that's certainly where I saw the barriers up and the screens up from the back of the police cordon at the Lillywhite's end of Jermyn Street," he said._________________Only sheep need a leader.

I believe a lot of tourists go on those open top buses. Tourists are often foreign. Foreigners want to destroy our freedom. Makes as much sense as anything else in this caper._________________Only sheep need a leader.

[i]A bar worker in Lower Regent Street said today: "I have been told there was a Mercedes driving along Haymarket at around 1.30am when the driver swerved and hit some bins outside Tiger Tiger.

"The driver then got out and legged it. The bouncers had a look at the car and they found gas cylinders and nails in the boot. And that's when they called the police." [/i]

Now, I'm no bomb expert, but don't the bits have to be connected together? If bouncers opened the boot and had a look... I can barely believing I'm even making this point...

Is a man driving a car into a bin (having the presence of mind to leave all his doors noticeably open before running away), with a couple of patio gas cylinders and bag of nails in the boot justification for cranking up the terror alert and filling the skies with spook helicopters... ?

Of course it is - "I am free... to do what they tell me... I am free... to do what they tell me... "

Oxford street is pretty normal. Park Lane and streets leading to it closed off. Doesn't appear to be any sense of urgency anywhere though. The London Papers headline is 'Car Bomber Bid to Kill 1,700 Clubbers'. Goes on about suspected Al Qaeda terrorist. Says 'a bomb disposal unit was called to the scene after nearby ambulancemen spotted smoke in the car'. The London Lite leads with 'The Ladies Night Bomb'. Goes on to say ' a silver Mercedes swerved into some bins beside the road before it stopped around 1.30. The driver walked away. Security staff at Tiger Tiger became suspicious and looked into the car and then phoned the police.'
2 very different versions of events.
They are linking it to the so called 'Blueswater bombers plan to blow up the 'slags' in the Ministry of Sound nightclub'._________________Only sheep need a leader.

A bar worker in Lower Regent Street said today: "I have been told there was a Mercedes driving along Haymarket at around 1.30am when the driver swerved and hit some bins outside Tiger Tiger.

"The driver then got out and legged it. The bouncers had a look at the car and they found gas cylinders and nails in the boot. And that's when they called the police."

Now, I'm no bomb expert, but don't the bits have to be connected together? If bouncers opened the boot and had a look... I can barely believing I'm even making this point...

Is a man driving a car into a bin (having the presence of mind to leave all his doors noticeably open before running away), with a couple of patio gas cylinders and bag of nails in the boot justification for cranking up the terror alert and filling the skies with spook helicopters... ?

Of course it is - "I am free... to do what they tell me... I am free... to do what they tell me... "

Hang on a minute here,

We have gone from, the merc swerving into some bins and the driver legging it

But not before putting one of his gas bottles behind the car as if using it as a 'cone' warning

To the bouncers approaching the car and looking in the boot and signalling the alarm.

We then have the conspiracy theory turning into, the car was parked up nicely, and along came an ambulance, saw some smoke, and alerted the local keystones who came running, truncheons in hand.

One would have thought these likely Gladio operatives would be better planners than this, it would appear its some crazy ill thought out al qaedas doing it again false flag, judging from the concocted version of events we have been subjected to thus far. Almost as an after thought to, hey Gordo's the new primey, lets set up one of those al qaedas dun it cluedo games, so Gordy can show us how good and qualified he is.

"A British government official told FOX News that a number of people "were seen making their way away from the car,"

Phew, good thing FOX is on the case.

"Sky News reported that police were focusing on a vehicle in an underground parking lot and that there was a link to the explosives-packed car. A remote-controlled robot was being used to inspect the vehicle."

BBC 6 O'clock News is a wonderful programme. They just said that "CCTV will help this investigation just as it did with the 7/7 bombers"!

Hmmm.

Plus, why on earth are the journos not asking why there was an intelligence vacuum YET AGAIN?_________________All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing - Edmund Burke.
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem Americanam appellant - Tacitus Redactus.

An eyewitness said on radio 4 that she saw the car and it had all its doors wide open and the headlights on. It wasn't clear if this was before or after the police arrived. But why were the headlights on? I assume coppers worried about a bomb wouldn't be mucking around with the headlights. But why would a bomber leave them on?_________________It's a man's life in MOSSAD

An illegal worker with an old merc was asked by his boss to take a gas cannister and some other bits and pieces to a building site on the other side of London. He chucks the stuff into his car, plonks the gas cannister onto the back seat and sets off.

Halfway through London, as the driver's going around a corner, the cannister tips off the seat and lands on its head. The jolt jars the valve open and the cannister begins leaking into the car. The driver tries to reach back to grab the cannister but can't drive the car and fix the cannister at the same time. He stops the car, jumps out, heaves the canniter out and drops it down behind the car while he tries to fix it.

All of this draws the attention of onlookers. The man, fearing deportion, panics and runs off. The onlookers call the police and report an abandoned car that appears to be full of smoke (actually gas from the cannister). The police, quite correctly, call the bomb squad. The media gets wind of the bomb-squad being called and race to be the first to inform the public.

With so much media attention, the police don't want to look as if they are a) over-reacting, or b) not taking security seriously, so they report the presence of 60 litres of petrol (2/3 of a tank in an S class merc), a gas cannister and some nails. Various unconnected ministers and experts rush to get their names in the press and the press races to get newsworthy quotes.

90 day detention without trial is on the agenda.
The 'right' climate has to be created.
Just like climate change justifies ever more punitive taxes and loss of services so a climate of terror justifies ever more repressive measures.

The racist nature of this campaign is so blatant that the Rothermere press have printed pictures of discos and bars implying muslims want to blow them up and that a terror plot of enormous proportions was averted.

If they continue along this path ...tourism will go down the pan.
How long will all businesses put up with it?

Analysis: Police expected Baghdad-style attack
Sean O’Neill
This is what has been expected and feared for some months - that terror tactics honed on the streets of Baghdad would be visited on London and other Western targets.

Quote:

The terrorists, however, are adept at finding ways - sometimes crude, sometimes quite ingenious - of turning everyday materials, cheaply and easily obtained, into bombs. The devices may be amateurish but security experts have no doubt that they are still lethal.

And the lessons these ruthless, ideologically-driven young men are learning in Iraq can only serve to make their future efforts more professional.

No baseless linkages being made there, then. Thank God for the enduring sanity of the great British public:

Quote:

There will be no need to hijack a tanker. There are probably already sleepers working as drivers.
David Thijm, Stourbridge, UK

Police have found a second car bomb in London’s West End, it has emerged.

Fleet Street was cleared while police investigated suspect vehicle
Sources revealed that officers examining a Mercedes found in an underground car park off Park Lane this afternoon discovered an explosive device inside.

It has not been disclosed what sort of bomb was found, but the revelation comes just hours after bomb disposal experts defused a device set to detonate petrol, gas cylinders and nails in a car outside the packed Tiger Tiger nightclub in The Haymarket.

It is thought the second car was found parked illegally in the West End by traffic wardens in the early hours of this morning. It was then towed to the pound - located in the car park - but left outside in the public area when staff reported that it smelt of fuel.

Earlier this afternoon Park Lane was sealed off and Hyde Park evacuated after bomb experts were called in to examine the car.

Security alerts caused by the searches brought much of London to a standstill.

Later, police cordoned off a 400m-stretch of Fleet Street between Fetter Lane and Ludgate Circus, in the heart of London's financial district, as they investigated a suspect vehicle.

Two hours later, a spokesman for City of London police said the area had been made safe, but would not confirm whether police had found anything.

Jacqui Smith, the new Home Secretary, called an emergency meeting of top officials this morning, calling the attempted attack in The Haymarket "international terrorism."

She said: "We are currently facing the most severe and sustained threat to our security from international terrorism.

The car with the bomb was parked near Piccadilly Circus
"This latest incident reinforces the need for the public to remain vigilant and alert to the threat we face at all times.

Similarities between the car bomb and Iraqi bomb plots have been highlighted by a British security official, according to the Associated Press.

The head of Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command, Peter Clarke, said police were alerted to a silver Mercedes car by an ambulance crew who noticed smoke inside it. The crew had been called to the scene just before 1.30am for an injury at a nearby nightclub.

Officers inspecting the car found 60 litres of petrol on the back seat, gas cylinders and containers holding nails inside, which could have caused "significant injury or loss of life". The bomb was manually defused.

A witness said the large silver saloon car was being driven "erratically" before crashing into bins and that the driver then ran off.

Mr Clarke said that some aspects of today's bomb attempt "resonated with previous plots" and mentioned nightclubs as a potential target.

But he also said detectives are keeping "an entirely open mind" as to who is responsible and called on the public to remain vigilant.

Police have removed the car from the scene and are studying CCTV footage for clues.

Where the device was found in the West End
The Associated Press reported an anonymous official saying MI5 would examine possible connections between the incident and at least two similar foiled plots.

One of these is the thwarted attempt to use limousines packed with gas canisters to attack targets in London and New York.

Dhiren Barot and members of his gang were jailed for a combined total of 136 years for the plot earlier this month.

A Whitehall source reportedly said: "It is entirely possible. There are various things - it is outside a nightclub, it is a vehicle-borne device, it is close to the anniversary of the July 7 attacks."

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the incident reminds us that Britain faces "a serious and continuous threat" and the public "need to be alert" at all times.

Should we change our lives in the face of terrorism?
Posted at: 13:32
A car bomb that could have caused ‘significant injury or loss of life’ has been defused in London’s West End today, underscoring the sustained threat that the UK faces from terrorism.

The explosive device, consisting of gas cylinders and nails, was discovered at 2am outside a packed nightclub in The Haymarket, near Piccadilly Circus. This latest incident comes as London approaches the two-year anniversary of the July 7 attacks, which killed 56 people and injured 700.

Do you fear that Britain will fall victim to another terrorist attack? If so, are you prepared to change the way you live your life so as to feel less at risk?

Or is it misguided to let concerns about terrorism influence our behaviour? How confident are you that the Government and the security services are competently addressing the terrorist threat?

Please gear up to phone in to five live tonight - sort out 2 or 3 central points about todays blast and terrorism in general. Use your freedom to phone in before it goes for ever......
Meanwhile.... looks like this morning's fake London bomb has been combined with a block on publishing to the pisspoor Indymedia site. Both the London and the UK wide sites report this error this evening - I tried 15 or so times over 10 minutes or so.

I have recorded the 8.00pm BBC News bulletin, if anyone would like to hear it.

Peter Powers' company was running a counter terrorism exercise at the tube stations targeted in the 7-7 London bombings on that very same day.
See ITN News clip here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JKvkhe3rqtc

Alleged indeed Tony! If you are gonna change the headline tell it like it is. False Flag Fake Car Bombs...

Interesting that Al Ukqaeda have to keep re-inventing the whee... er IED. No sooner than they discover the devastating chapati flower SADM, it's off to liquids and planes. Now gas canisters and nails. Shall we start a sweepstake on what their next devilish munition will be? Rhubarb and custard is my entry.

Haven't had such a variety show since the Holocaust...

(Lampshades, soap, blue dye in the eyes etc)_________________Belief is the Enemy of Truth www.dissential.com

Alleged indeed Tony! If you are gonna change the headline tell it like it is. False Flag Fake Car Bombs...

Interesting that Al Ukqaeda have to keep re-inventing the whee... er IED. No sooner than they discover the devastating chapati flower SADM, it's off to liquids and planes. Now gas canisters and nails. Shall we start a sweepstake on what their next devilish munition will be? Rhubarb and custard is my entry.
Haven't had such a variety show since the Holocaust...

Hang on, a posh car with smoke inside, a nightclub nearby and a man seen running away - was it George Michael on the razz again? _________________"Democracy is sustained not by public trust but by public scepticism"
George Monbiot

the only thing i want to flag up that made all this seem suspious to me is the fact the bbc were reporting 60 litres of petrol being found.

i continued to watch and they went over to scotland yard for a press confrence, the guy doing the press confrence mentioned they had found petrol but was unaware of the amount because they had not had a chance to measure it yet.

so why the hell was the bbc reporting 60 litres?

it proves the news is no longer factual reporting on facts only, they just speculate and report assumtions that fit the agenda.

i don't have links to this is purely of the top of my head and is what made me think that the news reports were just speculating or pre planned to coincide with the bombs being found.

as you have all shown already the mainstream news is not reporting facts, just speculation and assumptions which mislead the public, which is obviously properganda to fit an agenda for public opinon or public acceptance of laws that will be passed as a result.

An eyewitness said on radio 4 that she saw the car and it had all its doors wide open and the headlights on. It wasn't clear if this was before or after the police arrived. But why were the headlights on? I assume coppers worried about a bomb wouldn't be mucking around with the headlights. But why would a bomber leave them on?

This is an absolute false flag operation. What is sad is that Gordon Brown is going to be playing EXACTLY the same tricks as Blair the biggest liar in history.
Gordon really is a moron._________________

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